I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 233

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Chapter 233. Leash (3)

At Ruin’s words, the Emperor’s complexion darkened heavily.

His fingertips trembled as the massive seal mark behind the throne blazed with light. It was the Imperial Palace’s protective magic. The Emperor was trying to buy time.

Sure enough, the Emperor let out a low laugh.

“Hah, yes. You’ve come to threaten me. But there’s one thing you’ve overlooked.”

With a gesture, familiar figures appeared in the air. What showed in the illusion were the corpses of the Hero Candidates, sleeping undecayed.

As the Emperor flicked his finger, swords were aimed at the necks of the corpses somewhere in the Imperial Palace.

Ruin’s eyes hardened coldly. The Emperor, a mage no less skilled than the court mages, grinned wickedly and whispered.

“The Hero’s friends. If you care for the Hero, could you destroy what he cherishes?”

Ruin smiled coldly.

“…Your Majesty, if you needed negotiation cards, you should have prepared something more impressive.”

Ruin walked toward the Emperor. His appearance was like a raven bringing death. Murderous black shadows rippled in time with his footsteps.

Then, one of the court mages stepped forward with furious eyes.

“How dare you threaten His Majesty! Even if you are the Mage King!”

However, his words couldn’t continue to the end. Ruin’s eyes flashed coldly.

Crack!

As Ruin clenched his fist, the mage’s body was lifted like a doll.

“What, urgh!”

In an instant, the mage was lifted into the air, then hurled through a marble pillar and beyond the wall.

Bang!

Stone dust scattered down.

It was ‘Move magic’. The color drained from the court mages’ faces.

‘…This is the power of the Mage King…’

Before that overwhelming power, they couldn’t even cast magic, let alone talk back, instinctively stepping backward.

Ruin muttered coldly.

“If you want to attack, go ahead. You’ll all end up like that.”

The Emperor snapped his fingers.

Then dozens of chains rose in the air. It was Imperial magic, soul contract magic.

“…Even the Mage King cannot be free before the magic of our ancestors. This power that brought countless kings and heroes to their knees, your newborn power cannot…”

Ruin laughed.

Yes, so this was the ancestral technique that Karin and the First Prince who entered the Gold Gate could use.

Soon the chains writhed like giant serpents and rushed toward Ruin. It was an irresistible law. An absolute word spirit commanding ‘obey’.

In that moment, Ruin’s golden eyes flashed.

‘Misfortune Level 2.’

Crack!

The moment the chains touched Ruin, they all became tangled. The iron chains that should have strangled his neck instead wrapped around each other’s necks and strangled themselves.

The court mages cried out in shock.

“The contract magic is… backfiring?!”

The Emperor’s eyes shook greatly. Even part of the chains he had summoned crawled up to his feet and bound his ankles.

“You… how dare you turn my contract magic!”

Ruin smiled coldly.

“Contracts are originally about who takes the bigger advantage, Your Majesty.”

The seal mark of solitude was completed above the Emperor’s head. As if his shoulders were being heavily pressed down, the Emperor’s breathing became rough.

“Kuk…! This, this is…!”

Ruin smiled coldly.

“Aren’t you a noble person who should feel the hearts of the Empire’s citizens? Why don’t Your Majesty experience firsthand what it feels like to wear a leash.”

“You, you bastard, how dare…!”

Finally the solitude spell was completed, and immediately struck the Emperor’s heart. The Emperor staggered and thrashed about madly.

“Kuaaaak!”

A raging bee tormented his heart. It was unimaginable agony.

But Ruin, as if this was just the beginning, raised one eyebrow and added coldly.

“If you don’t listen to my conditions, the bee will immediately burrow out of Your Majesty’s heart.”

Under the pressure that seemed to cut off even his breath, the Emperor’s face contorted dark red.

“…What do you want!”

“I have only one condition. Release Elaine’s leash. Right now.”

A long silence followed.

Cold sweat trickled down the Emperor’s forehead. Finally, he summoned a magic circle with trembling hands.

In that moment, the energy of the red chains binding Elaine was severed with a snap. Far away in Haven, the invisible shackles surrounding the Hero’s body shook as they were released.

The Emperor gritted his teeth and glared at Ruin.

“…I solved it. So now… lift this solitude curse.”

Ruin let out a snicker. That smile was filled with all kinds of mockery and sarcasm.

“When did I ever say I would lift it?”

“…What?”

The Emperor’s eyes became bloodshot.

“The condition was ‘remove the leash,’ but I never once said I would lift the solitude curse in return.”

The Emperor’s breathing became rough and ragged.

“You dare… How dare you… to this Emperor…!”

Then Ruin leaned against the throne as if resting his arm on it and whispered in the Emperor’s ear. His voice was incredibly low and sharp.

“You need to feel it more. Chains that can tighten at any moment. A life that can be cut short at any time. That was exactly the yoke you placed on Elaine.”

The Emperor’s scream-like groan echoed through the palace.

“How dare you do this to me-!”

That was the exact moment.

Bang!

The palace window shattered into pieces as an explosion erupted. Smoke billowed as a massive shadow crawled inside. It was a man with long hair radiating extraordinary curse power.

His codename, Toad.

“So you were here after all.”

The Emperor was shocked.

“You are…!”

Toad’s face was quite well-known. Sure enough, the Emperor was surprised to recognize his face.

However, Toad had only one target.

“Found you. Senior.”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed.

“…Sion. I’m in a foul mood right now, so just leave.”

Toad smiled and tapped the eyepatch around his eye.

“That’s hurtful to say. Thanks to you, I’ve become stronger too. Five Evils directly granted me power.”

“What happened to Echo?”

Toad snickered.

Is he looking for that one first?

“Unfortunately, that one is outside my interest. My target is only you. I came to repay the debt from last time.”

Ruin’s gaze turned cold.

The Emperor saw this situation as an opportunity instead. He gasped for breath and gestured toward Toad.

“Well done coming here, Special Grade Wanted Criminal. If what you want is money, I’ll give you as much as you want. Instead… deal with that Mage King.”

However, Toad grinned wickedly.

“We do like money, but we don’t need it right now, Your Majesty. Right now we came for revenge.”

Finally, the palace pillars crumbled as storm-like curse power spread out. Red light leaked from behind Toad’s eyepatch, and the aura surrounding his body became even more ominous.

“I’ll show you. What kind of power I received from Five Evils-!”

Crash!

The floor caved in from his single punch, and Ruin defended with Flame Kill. But in an instant, Toad’s hand flew over and grabbed Ruin by the collar.

That strength was truly tremendous.

At the same time, brutal force kicked Fire Butterfly away. Ruin immediately flew toward the Imperial Palace garden.

Bang!

His breath was cut off and the sound of arm bones breaking could be heard. Ruin clicked his tongue.

‘He said he received power from Five Evils… so it must be true.’

Ruin glanced at Toad walking slowly toward him.

“It’s different from last time. Even if you try to use that strange power like before, it’s useless. Because this is the Imperial Palace. There are countless people here. You don’t want to use that power in places with many people, right?”

Then Ginseng Superior shouted as if he couldn’t stand to watch.

If other Special Grade Fugitives had about 50% of their power sealed, Fire Butterfly had almost 90% or more of his power sealed. On top of that, there was the power borrowed from Five Evils.

The conditions were too disadvantageous.

「Seed! Let’s make a deal! I’ll lend you power! I’ll put the tribute on credit!」

It was welcome news to hear, but Toad snatched up Ginseng Superior.

“So it’s you. The one secretly helping Senior.”

「Ah! My head! Let go, you bastard!」

Toad stuffed the ginseng into his mouth in one bite.

Amazingly, Ginseng Superior was swallowed by Toad. Toad laughed.

“With this, Senior’s ally has disappeared.”

Did it work?

It was then that Ruin showed rare confusion.

Crack!

Their Special Grade Wanted Criminal tattoos stung and reacted. Then both Ruin and Toad flinched simultaneously. At the same time, Toad laughed “hahahaha” as if realizing something.

“…Just now, one of the Special Grade Wanted Criminals died!”

This was a leash connecting the Wanted Criminals together. They could tell when someone died.

Then Toad sneered and bared his teeth.

“Ha! Looks like Senior’s buddy died. Too bad? What a fool for uselessly trying to stop me—”

Just then, someone’s energy surged as light burst forth from Haven’s direction. The power of the fairy folk. It was Echo.

At the same time, Echo seemed delighted to have regained her power as she fired laser-like forces toward the sky with loud bangs. She was so excited and frolicking that it was almost visible, making Ruin burst into a small laugh.

“It seems my friend was the one who survived.”

“What…? Sand died?”

Ruin let out a “whew” sigh and swept back his bangs. He threw off his tight suit jacket and loosened his necktie messily.

Then he snapped his broken arm bone back into place with a crack.

“…Seeing her frolicking so excitedly, there seem to be no side effects.”

At that smile, subtle confusion crossed Toad’s face.

“What did you say?”

“Based on the clinical results, there seem to be no problems with the stability of the technique either.”

That smile felt ominous, so Toad instinctively stepped backward.

What the hell is he trying to do?

“In that case, as a senior, I should give you fair ‘fair play.'”

“…What?”

Ruin placed his hand on his own neck.

“Leash release.”

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